Committing a crime while high does not mean that you committed the crime because you were high. Nobody smokes weed for the first time and then commits their first crime. There was a predisposition to crime already, marijuana was not the cause.

I credit you for a good point.But why are so many criminals stoned when they do a crime? Answer this and I'll give you a carrot (with some green stuff attached).

The majority, maybe 75-90%, of weed smokers are not doing other crimes than smoking.

Hence the subject of this thread.Marijuana has been de-criminalized to a certain extent, in California.(Which I miss, and am homesick to the maximum level)

There are no crimes involved, it is a natural, herbal remedy for many ailments,and is also been linked to aiding in the pain of chemo-therapy in cancer patients.Hence the multitude of medical marijuana dispensaries in that state.

Living on the east coast working for the man, to save money,I still haven't found a decent weed connection out here yet.The few I have found, charge three times the amount as back home.

I am in exile on the east coast, working for the man, to save money.By the way, I haven't found a decent weed connection out here yet.The few I have found, charge three times the amount as back home.

If you think you have it rough, try living in these boots.It sucks to be a transplant out herein NY Yankees territory.They are all drinkers, not smokers.

So you are in the Big Apple? That's a long way from home, but anything for a job.To "work for the man", is that same as working for Uncle Sam?

I'm torn on the whole marijuana subject, a part of me don't mind it being legal, another part of me wants to keep it illegal. For now the "keep it illegal" side is a little stronger but it wouldn't surprise me if I change my mind at some time later. But I won't change my mind unless I believe it's right, and I'm not there now.

Fucks sake. I typed a huge wall of text, which pretty much owned everyone, and the browser crashed, causing me to lose it.

Basically, I'd ask most people in this topic to actually read some scientific journals before spouting their opinion. The War on Drugs has been a complete failure, and will never be successful.

That sucks. But I wouldn't have read it if it was a wall of text.The war on drugs can never be won, but we can't afford giving up on it. It's a never ending battle. I think every country is too soft on drugs, even the countries that kills drug offenders. Just dying as punishment isn't punishment enough in the case of the big heads in the drug industry. I believe only cruelty works so I want to see labor camps on isolated islands. And for fucks sake, I don't talk about weed now, I talk about real drugs. But this is a topic on its own I guess.

QUOTE (Massacre @ Oct 12 2010, 06:28 PM)

If it makes you feel any better, I probably wouldn't have read it anyway.

Fucks sake. I typed a huge wall of text, which pretty much owned everyone, and the browser crashed, causing me to lose it.

Basically, I'd ask most people in this topic to actually read some scientific journals before spouting their opinion. The War on Drugs has been a complete failure, and will never be successful.

That sucks. But I wouldn't have read it if it was a wall of text.The war on drugs can never be won, but we can't afford giving up on it. It's a never ending battle. I think every country is too soft on drugs, even the countries that kills drug offenders. Just dying as punishment isn't punishment enough in the case of the big heads in the drug industry. I believe only cruelty works so I want to see labor camps on isolated islands. And for fucks sake, I don't talk about weed now, I talk about real drugs. But this is a topic on its own I guess.

QUOTE (Massacre @ Oct 12 2010, 06:28 PM)

If it makes you feel any better, I probably wouldn't have read it anyway.

tl;dr

Well, in that case you'd be condemning many productive, good members of society to slavery. Yet people who use drugs are what's wrong with the world? Interesting.